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00:00The barangay public cemetery's office was filled with people complaining about illegal smoking in Marikina.
00:16And in some cemeteries where there are more people, there are people who fainted due to the heat and crowd.
00:22Witnesses of June Veneration.
00:26Instead of in front of the gates, in the office of the barangay public cemetery's director,
00:31the relatives of some of the people who fainted remained to complain.
00:35Because most of the people who were alive were considered as illegal smokers
00:40and were just buried in the so-called cemetery.
00:43Like the wife of Carmen who fainted, she was hoping to light candles and flowers.
00:48But what she saw was nothing more than ashes.
00:51What she saw was nothing more than ashes.
01:03One of the visitors went to the group that she paid to transfer the ashes of her relatives,
01:09but they were also removed.
01:11In the initial number of the Marikina LGU, the number of people who fainted reached 65.
01:26They were immediately transferred to the ordinance.
01:28This is something that Romuna is stopping the implementation of now.
01:31The administrative complaint and violation of the Code on Sanitation of the Philippines
01:37was filed by the director of the cemetery and five others because of the alleged illegal exhumation.
01:43It's like a syndicate.
01:45They open a niche and they offer the opening of the niche for a fee.
01:51But they are the only ones who can understand the payment.
01:54Another challenge is the difficulty in identifying some of the bodies that were buried,
02:00but no one was identified.
02:02It should be easy to identify so that the burden or the pain,
02:08the agony of all those who are looking for the relatives of those ashes can be reduced.
02:15We are still trying to get the file of the complaints.
02:18In Malabon, the 74-year-old Ms. Carmen did not know where the candles would be placed,
02:25in Tugatog Public Cemetery.
02:28She couldn't see the names of her mother and son in the wall of remembrance
02:33that was built so that the relatives can visit the cemetery while the cemetery is being repaired.
02:42According to the Malabon LGU,
02:44there was an application to declare the relatives of those buried there.
02:49Ms. Carmen did not do that.
02:53The master list did not include the relatives of Ms. Carmen
02:56who were exhumed and transferred to a new ossuary and columbarium.
03:01They think it is possible that they are still in another part of the cemetery
03:04that is not yet ready for redevelopment.
03:06That is what we will find out.
03:08My advice to you is to fill out this form,
03:11and then we will send it to the cemetery.
03:15While waiting for that,
03:16Ms. Carmen lit a candle in a common area for her loved ones.
03:23In Manila North Cemetery,
03:25the Manila Police District prioritizes security.
03:28This is followed by the alleged chaos
03:30where a member of the LGBT community was found dead early in the morning.
03:35There was a fight because of alcoholism,
03:38but now they are investigating it.
03:40But this did not happen at the time of the incident.
03:43Earlier, there were only six people at the entrance.
03:45There were more than a million visitors there.
03:49The rescue station was overwhelmed by the number of people responding,
03:53like some of them fainted.
03:55Many also fainted and their blood pressure rose in Manila South Cemetery.
03:59Most of them were shot up because of the heat.
04:02For GMA Integrity News, I'm Jun Veneracion.
04:05Succeed.